{"product_id":"written-on-water-paperback","title":"Written on Water - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEileen Chang\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAndrew F. Jones\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eAndrew F. Jones\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNow back in print, these witty, insightful ssays on fashion, cinema, wartime, and everyday life demonstrate why Eileen Chang was and is a major icon of twentieth-century Chinese literature.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEileen Chang is one of the most celebrated modern Chinese novelists and essayists of the twentieth century. First published in 1944, and just as beloved as her fiction in the Chinese-speaking world, Written on Water collects Chang's reflections on art, literature, war, urban culture, and her life as a writer and woman in wartime Shanghai and Hong Kong. With her vibrant yet meditative style and her sly, sophisticated humor, Chang writes of friends, colleagues, and teachers turned soldiers or wartime volunteers, and of her own experiences as a part-time nurse. She also turns her thoughts to Chinese cinema, the aims of the writer, Peking Opera, Shanghainese food, culture, and fashion, all the while upending prevalent attitudes toward women and painting the self-portrait of a daring and cosmopolitan woman bent on questioning pieties and enjoying the pleasures of modernity, even as the world convulses in war and a revolution looms. The book includes illustrations by the author.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEileen Chang\u003c\/b\u003e (1920-1995) was a Chinese writer, born into an aristocratic family in Shanghai. She studied literature at the University of Hong Kong until the Japanese attack on the city in 1941 forced her to return to occupied Shanghai, where she was able to publish the stories and essays--collected in two volumes, \u003ci\u003eRomances\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWritten on Water\u003c\/i\u003e--that soon made her a literary star. After moving to the United States in the 1950s, Chang wrote the novels \u003ci\u003eNaked Earth\u003c\/i\u003e (available from NYRB Classics) and \u003ci\u003eThe Rice Sprout Song\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as essays and stories in Chinese and scripts for Hong Kong films. She is also the author of the NYRB Classics \u003ci\u003eLove in a Fallen City\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLittle Reunions\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAndrew F. Jones\u003c\/b\u003e is a literary translator and professor of Chinese at the University of California, Berkeley. He is the author of three books on modern Chinese music and was a recent Guggenheim fellow. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eNicole Huang\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor at the University of Hong Kong. Her recent work engages visual and auditory culture of contemporary China, with a forthcoming book called \u003ci\u003eLate Mao Soundscapes: Auditory Culture and Daily Practice of 1970s China\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 02, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42699248566335,"sku":"9781681375762","price":21.54,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/d96009624b620e8c5daf13239b9998d8.webp?v=1765012954","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/written-on-water-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}